Will Obama do for us what he has done for his Aunt?

As it turns out, his aunt is living in Boston in PUBLIC HOUSING. Mr. Obama who is worth millions of dollars and can afford to take care of his own family, has saw fit to let his aunt feed at the public trough of public housing.

Oh, lest one forgets to mention - SHE IS HERE ILLEGALLY! Her request for asylum was denied by an IRS administrative law judge 4 years ago. 4 years ago! Here she is, an illegal living on public money.

Put us all in public housing, just give our checks to the government, let someone else take care of us....is that it Mr. Obama ? Or should I say Mr. Socialist.

I have but one thing to say to Mr. Obama

From My Cold Dead Hands!

Clinton is Liberal, but this guy is SCARY

The more I read Barack Obama's positions the more I am amazed that anyone in their right mind supports this man. He is a socialist, and of that there is no question. Mr. Obama can deny that all he wants, his entire career has been based upon the belief of socialism.

Today's liberals are nothing like the liberals of the 70's and even the 80's. The days of common sense liberals who, although misguided, believed in personal responsibility and a sense of fairness are long gone. What we have today is extreme liberalism that makes no apologies for their firm belief in wealth redistribution, bigger government, and the mindset that they know best.

One can argue that socialism has failed so many times in so many countries that history should prove the system as a complete and utter failure; the problem is people like Obama do not believe that socialism is a failure, its implementation was and they would do a better job of that implementation.

I am, for the first time in my life, truly scared of a politician. The tag team consisting of the two most liberal members of the United States Senate running the White House should have every red blooded American shaking in their boots - these guys are SCARY!

Eugene Robinson - article is one big lie

I was reading today's op-ed piece by Eugene Robinson in the State Journal Register and had to comment.

Mr. Robinson is a typical liberal talking head that loves to opine about the failures of the Republican Party and Republican members of Congress, the President (provided, he is a Republican)and refuses to acknowledge any Democratic involvement in any thing.

This despite the factthat Congress has been controlled by the Democrats for the past two years.
So in order to be fair to Mr. Robinson, I will go through his article pointing out every single mistake he has made, and when I agree with him, I will.


Issue One:

Mr. Robinson starts out by stating that since the President was elected "...The Republican Party has presided over massive, out of control spending, converted a federal budget surplus into a half trillion deficit and looked the other way while Wall Street's greed and stupidity turned the hallowed free market into scorched earth."

Ok, I have to stop here and address the issues. First he incorrectly stats that "SinceGeorge W. Bush became President..." implies from that moment up to the current date and time. Mr. Robinson knows that is incorrect. The Democrats have controlled both the House and the Senate for the past two years. Knowingly writing something that is incorrect is a lie.

In addition, he falsely states that we had a budget surplus, which is in fact wrong and Mr. Robinson knows it. There never was a budget surplus, that so called surplus was a result of accounting trickery that has been used for quite some time. In all fairness though, both parties have played that game and they are both at fault for the misleading statements of asurplus.

This may be semantics here, but Mr. Robsinson states that the deficit is half a trillion dollars. That is also FALSE. According to the Wall Street Journal Market Watch dated October 14, 2008, the federal deficit is $455 billion. That is still $45 billion short of Mr. Robinson's statement. That is a 10% mistake, or should I call it something else?

Mr. Robinson further states that the Republicans in Congress looked the other way while Wall Street's greed ran unchecked. I seem to recall that Chris Dodd, Barney Frank opposed any additional oversight on the biggest fiasco of them all, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. I found it a convenient item left out of Mr. Robsinson's article. In reality the Republicans asked for additional regulation and oversight to no avail. However, I will concede they did not do enough; that does not excuse the fact that the Democrats who have been in control of Congress for the past two years have not done a damn thing.

Ok, let us move on.


Issue Two:

Mr. Robinson further states "Can any Republican candidate claim with a straight face to represent the party of small government? For that matter, can any Republican candidate plausibly explain what the party is supposed to stand for these days?"

Just because the President has made some stupid choices in bailing out failed banks that should be allowed to fail, just because the Democrats in Congress want to pass another round of social engineering masked as an economic bailout, just because we have some of the most inept economists running the Treasury department, does not represent the entire Republican Party and Mr. Robsinson damn well knows it.

Here he is talking out of one side of his mouth criticizing the President for taking this action and out the other complains it did not happen fast enough and does not go far enough.


Issue Three:

"It's pathetic to hear right-wing talk radio blowhards try to associate Barack Obama with "radical" or "socialist" views when a Republican administration is tossing aside "Atlas Shrugged" and speeding reading "Das Kapital".

No, I will tell you what is pathetic, it is the complaining from left wing socialist liberalslike Mr. Robinson who want their cake and eat it too. President Bush has made some of theworst decisions a President could make as it relates to this bailout; but the problem here is the Democratic machine wants to pass it, and bitch about it at the same time. Ala, step forward Mr. Robsinson.

By passing this legislation and allowing the government to take a financial stake directly in banks, is a huge leap forward on the trail to socialism, and that is exactly what Democrats like Mr. Robinson want; they just want to pin the inherent problems of that failed system on someone other than themselves.


Issue Four:

"The question isn't whether some kind of drastic, frankly socialistic measures are needed to save the American economy, but which ones.."

What utter hogwash. There has not been a single case of socialism working in the entire world and Mr. Robinson knows that. He, like so many of today's modern day Stalinists, believe that they are so smart, so all knowing, that it is not the model that is the problem but how the socialistic model is "implemented". There have been people far smarter than Mr. Robsinson try, and they have all failed.

You will never convince him of that though.

I could continue to pick apart the rest of Mr. Robinsons article, but doing so literaly is making me ill. I cannot believe that someone can honestly sit there and spew forth such utter nonsense and keep a straight face. Well now that I think of it, his picture is definitely not that of a straight face, more like a smirk an "aha got one over on ya didn't I?".

I will agree that the leaders of the Republican Party, including John McCain have made a mess of the party and for that I cannot forgive them; the President, while honorable and I believe honest has made far too many critical mistakes that have led me to look forward to the end of his term.

I was not, and am not a John McCain supporter, I am however a supporter of the free market, a supporter of supply side economics and a believer in the American spirit and dream. I believe in lower taxes, I believe in a slimmed down and efficient federal government that stays out of peoples homes, lives and businesses unless such intrusion is absolutely necessary to the safety and welfare of society at large. I believe in allowing businesses to operate in such a manner that they can be an effective member of society without all the red tape that the current system requires.

I have no doubt that Mr. Robinson loves his country, but he has a tendency to stretch the truth, refuse to acknowledge that the Democratic Party is as much at fault as the Republican Party, and he has, at times, flat out lied.

I cannot lend credence to someone who is so willing to obfuscate the truth for political expediencey.

Mr. Biden you have no clue

He opposes drilling in Alaska, yet he has never even made a trip to the "frozen tundra" and I am not talking about Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Can this guy actually tell the truth?

He calls wealth redistribution "fairness", I have to tell you Mr. Biden its not fairness, its not redistribution......I have a better term for it - THEFT!!!!!!!!

I earned that money, its MY money, its NOT YOURS; so do not tell me that it is patriotic for me to send YOU more of my money.

VP Debate - Home mortgages

One comment that struck me as be amazing was Biden's suggestion that we should allow bankruptcy judges to adust the PRINCIPAL amounts on home mortgages......

So people get into trouble, they bought more house than they can afford and they are supposed to get a break by not just adjusting the interest rate (which I might be persuaded to support) BUT TO BASICALLY ELIMINATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT!

I am sorry Mr. Biden but that is the quickest way to destroy this economy. If there is anything in this world that could be defined as redstribution of wealth more so than this I do not know what it is.......

Ike - Why risk it

I am amazed at the number of people, I would call them idiots but I am trying to be nice today.....I am amazed that anyone in their right mind would even risk staying behind. Its fool hardy and I have no sympathy for them.

Personally, if you stay behind, you are on your own - no services, no search and rescue, no food, no water, nothing.

Illinois just got screwed

Governor Rod Blagojevich and Speaker Michael Madigan have been hobnobbing in Denver when their asses should have been in Springfield working on maintaining our resources, namely the 11 state parks that were just ordered closed.

These two men are an absolute disgrace and should resign, although we all know they are either too stupid or ignorant to do either.

Once these parks are closed, you can rest assured they will never be reopened. Lowden State Park in Oregon Illinois boasts the Blackhawk statue which will most assuredly fall into disrepair now. Kettle Moraine View State Park which has provided a wealth of services and activities is now gone.

Once again the Governor and Madigan have found a way to screw the citizens of this state.

Instead of hobnobbing in Denver on the taxpayers dime Governor and Mr. Speaker, how about getting your ASSES back to Illinois and actually putting in a full weeks worth of work? Oh I am sorry, you are too busy....

Screwed again.....

Carter - As if anyone was really listening

Former President Jimmy Carter was spewing forth his venom again tonight, castigating McCain by saying he was "milking every possible drop of advantage" from his POW experience in Vietnam.

Well Mr. Carter, I am by no means a McCain lover, but I can tell you that you could not hold his jock strap let alone match his integrity and patriotism.

Its time for the old, bitter, washed up, former President to fade quietly into the background and resume his position as a nobody, just like he grew up.

Democratic National Convention

I do not know if this event should be called a convention or not; it is beginning to appear more like a 60's lovefest, and now with the "hugfest" of the Illinois delegation, I have come to one conclusion......

The only way this gets worse is to have an all out orgy.

I shudder at the thought.

Are you crapping me Mark?

Today, Mark Murphy, the CEO of the Green Bay Packers made this comment in regards to the split between Favre and Green Bay:

"..."It's like a marriage that ends," It happens. Neither party is at fault."

Are you crapping me Mark? Neither party is at fault? If you honestly believe that your management team is not at fault in this fiasco, then you need to be fired as well.

When you have individuals, purposely planting false stories in an attempt to sway public opinion; when you have a general manager that says one thing and does another; when you have a marquee player tell you that he no longer trusts the GM and you do nothing to investigate - YOU HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM. PROBLEM = A MISTAKE WAS MADE = SOMEONE MADE THAT MISTAKE = SOMEONE IS AT FAULT!

A marriage does not end Mark without someone making a mistake.

I honestly thought you were the intelligent one in this mess; your latest comments call that assumption into question.

All Aboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike McCarthy stated the "...train has left the station..." in his presss conference last night; well Mr. McCarthy there is one more train that is going to be leaving Green Bay; most assuredly that train will have Ted Thompson on it, the only question now is - will you be on it?

All Aboard!

Mark Murphy still has one job left to do

IN Announcing the Packers had officially traded Brett Favre to the New York Jets, Mark Murphy, CEO and President of the Green Bay Packers, made the following statement:

..."Moving forward, we are dedicated to delivering a successful 2008 season for all Packers fans."

I have a simple suggestion for Mr. Murphy, if you truly want to have a successful 2008 season, your first order of business upon completion of this trade would be to terminate the employment of Mr. Ted Thompson. Were it not for his inept handling of this entire saga, you would not have had to deal with any of this.

To place this decision solely in the lap of Favre is a bit of a reach. Not that he does not share part of the blame, Ted Thompson made it clear from the start that he did not want Favre on the team and he would stop at nothing to ensure Favre did not return.

Mr. Murphy, you do seem like an honorable gentleman, and I trust that you have the Packers best interest at heart, however if you fail to take action on Thompsons' share in this mess, I will lose faith in your ability to maintain the high standards the Packers require.

Its over

Well the marriage between Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers is over; all we are waiting on now, is the signing of the divorce papers.

Favre left Green Bay at approximately 12 noon today flying back to Hattiesburg to await a trade decision. Word has it that the Jets and Bucs are now in a bidding war.

Thanks Teddy, you took the greatest player in Green Bay history and ran him out of town on a rail. I bet your proud.

Mike McCarthy Press Conference a Waste

I listened to the Mike McCarthy press conference tonight on the status of Brett Favre and I have to say that it was a complete waste of time, and he provided no additional insight as to the mechanisms of what has transpired.

Mike did a great job imitating Ted Thompson, with his song and dance. When asked a direct question as to why number 4 was not the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, he dodged, he ducked, he spun to the left and juked to the right; McCarthy did everything but answer the question.

My question for him would have been, why did you and the Packer organization feel it necessary to play this out in public? The answer would have been the same - a dodge, a duck, a juke, a spin, you name it; everything but the truth.

I said it before and I will say it again, this never should have been about Favre, and the entire Packer organization has been badly damaged from this sad episode and if heads do not roll over it, the Packers will lose fans.

This should never have been about Favre

The situation in Green Bay has become such an embarrasment, that the club felt it was necessary to bring in an outside PR representative, Ari Fleischer.

Now, I happen to like Ari, and have a great deal of respect for him; however, his job right now is untenable. The relationship that the Packers have with their fans, has been tarnished and in some cases, downright broken. Good luck Ari, you are going to need it!

This whole drama from the start was supposed to be about what is best for the team, what is best for the organization. If Thompson and McCarthy no longer had confidence in Favre getting the job done, or if they did not believe that he would be 100% commited to the team, part ways. That should have happened a long time ago; but it did not and the reason it did not was Thompson allowed his ego to get in his way.

Granted, Favre is not larger than the game and he certainly is not better than the entire organization but let us look at what transpired here.

Favre in June contacts the Packers and indicates a possible desire to play again. At that point, the Packers only had one decision to make - is it in our best interest to entertain this? If not, they had two options: 1. trade Favre, or 2. give him his outright release. Thompson flat ruled the latter out. Keep in mind that at this point, Favre is still listed as retired; which means that the Packers have no marketing deal with him, are receiving absolutely no financial or good will benefit from him and frankly I doubt that Thompson really cared about that. Favre was gone, and that was all that mattered to him.

At this point, if the Packers had released Favre, they would be in no worse position than they are now; and frankly, the public would have given them a lot of credit for doing what was "honorable". You no longer want the player, so you allow him to go somewhere else. The PR would have been quite beneficial to the organization, an organization that has always stood up for what was honorable. The problem with this approach was it meant giving Favre what he wanted, and its been obvious for a long time that Thompson was not about to allow some snot nosed, 38 year old punk tell him how to run the operations.

What happened since has been a media nightmare, a disaster for the club, a tarnishing of a brilliant career, and a general manager stomping his feet like a two year old.

Football is a business, its not about egos, its not about whose right or wrong, its about winning PERIOD! I am sure that after seeing the season that Favre had last year, not that prior success can guarantee a Super Bowl win, Favre provided the Packers with the best opportunity for a winning season. Thompson keeps talking about what he is doing is the best thing for the club, well I have to tell ya, right now I do not believe a word from Thompson.

Thompson allowed his ego to get in the way of better judgement and for that he should be terminated. He made this fight and fiasco about Favre, and it should have been about business, and if Mark Murphy is not smart enough to see that, he needs to be fired as well.

What in the hell? - 40 cents?

I am sorry, but on the heels of Exxon/Mobil showing the largest profit by an oil company in the history of the U.S., I find it offensive that they can justify a 40 cent a gallon increase in price when the price per barrel is still dropping.

40 cents a gallon? Come on, there is no way that Road Ranger or any of the other local suppliers can show any justification for this. I spoke with Road Ranger this morning to inquire how they could possibly justify such a large increase and of course I received the usual diatribe of "Well its a complicated formula, no one person sets the price..." blah blah blah

I will tell you what it is......its Bull spit pure and simple and its GREED.

I have no problem with companies making a profit and typically I want the government to stay out of private industry; however, oil is not a typical commodity in that our entire system is based on the use of oil and petro related products. This allows a very small number of companies to control a very large segment of society and that my friends is never a good thing.

If Road Ranger or any other company wants to explain this to me, I am all ears.

Oh, and so far today price per barrell is down over $2.00 a barrel.

So the blogging community should be ignored

On 1450 WFMB this morning, Anne with an "E" 's father made the comment that the blogging community should be ignored because we are too small to matter.

I have news for Anne with an "E" 's father, the blogging community, and I am not referring to the quips that are found on the online version of the State Journal Register, is far more knowledgeable on the issues than you are yourself. The difference between the blogging community Anne with an "E" 's father and you is simple - we do not spend every waking moment playing kiss ass with the politcians.

When they are right, we applaud them, when they are wrong - we point it out. Sometimes we get a bit obnoxious, but that just counter balances the sappy feel good pat everyone on the back crap that is heard on your radio program day in and day out.

By the way, is it not time for another one of your company paid junkets to Las Vegas?

Happy Trails Anne with an "E" 's father!

Green Bay Cannot Win

The boxing match of the Green Bay Packers versus their HOF quarterback, Brett Favre is a fight the team cannot win. No matter what Ted Thompson and Mark Murphy do it is a losing battle that only gets worse with each passing day.

If they release Favre, they get nothing in return for his value, which right now is considerable, although with every other NFL team knowing the Packers are in a lurch can afford to wait, thus drive down the price. In addition, if they release him, they run the risk of Favre signing with the Vikings which would immediately make them a Super Bowl contender. Thompson has ruled this out.

If the Packers bring him back as the starting quarterback or even allow him to compete for the position, they will have dissed the heir apparent, Aaron Rodgers. Thompson and McCarthy have made the huge mistake of promising the starting position to Rodgers without thinking of all the possibilities and have dug themselves into a hole here that all be rules this option out.

The Pack can offer him up for a trade, which they have apparently done, but that is a huge risk...one from the perspective of destroying completely the relationship that the Packers and Favre have spent 17 years developing. In addition, putting him up for a fire sale draws little money; not to mention that Favre has the right to refuse any trade.

If they decide to allow Favre to return but only as a backup they will be spending a fortune for a QB they have all but said they do not want. To relegate a HOF quarterback to the sidelines wearing a ball cap and carrying a clipboard will put a tremendous amount of pressure on Rodgers that would not be fair.

Thompson has created a mess. Favre has his share of blame in this, but the bottom line here is, Thompson is the General Manager and its his job to solve this issues. He first said Favre would have to compete for his job, then he can't. He is welcome back, then he isn't. We want you Brett, well actually we don't.

There is still plenty of juice left in Favres' tank and to relegate him to the sidelines is not good for the Packers and is not good for the NFL. Obviously if Favre stayed retired things would be easier for everyone, but that is not going to happen. Training camp is going to be a circus, moreso than it already is and the Packers are hanging a lot of future on a three year unproven QB while forcing their HOF QB to leave. That does not speak well of the management of the team.

Rodgers is deserving of a starting position, but it very well may be that he and the Packers are just not the right fit here. It is time to consider other options.....Favre is coming back. With the fax requesting reinstatement having been delivered to the NFL, that question is no longer a question......and thus other options.

I think the Packers would be better off trading Aaron Rodgers and allowing Favre to return. In addition, for creating this mess, Thompson deserves no less than his immediate termination.

The current circus will only get worse the longer it goes; no matter what, its a fight the Packers have already lost.

Ted Thompson miscalculated

General Manager Ted Thompson of the Green Bay Packers has really dug himself a hole. A hole that right now appears to be a mile deep and dropping fast.

When Brett Favre started talking and thinking and talking and thinking about UN-retiring, Thompson gambled that he would stay retired, making it clear that the time had moved past the Favre era and was now entering the Rodgers era; albeit, an era that is unproven and inexperienced. Thompson figured that by refusing to give Favre his outright release and playing the "We are protecting your image by keeping you on the sidelines" intimidation, it would force Favre to stay put; at home, in Mississippi drinking cold tall ones.

What he did not expect was for the future hall of famer to call him out, which is exactly what Favre did on the Greta Van Susteren show on Fox News. Favre came very close to calling Thompson a outright liar. What a mess we have in Green Bay.

Let us step back to the end of last season for a moment, Favre was going to take his yearly sabbatical and weigh his options, all the while he wanted and needed the team to let him know if he was still wanted in Title Town USA; Thompson really did not want him and made sure Favre knew it by limiting his contact with him. A player of Favre's stature deserves to hear from the GM and Thompson considered it beneath him to ask Favre to stay, frankly he was counting on Favre retiring so he could move with Rodgers, his personal pick.

Favre retired, in a tearful farewell he was all nicey to Thompson, McCarthy and the Packers, all the while po'd to no end for getting what he considered to be the boot. After a few months, Favre toyed with the idea of returning and in early July decided he definitely wanted to play. Problem now is Thompson gambled on telling Favre to stay away, he would ruin his image if he attempted to return. Miscalculation.

Favre informed the team that he either wanted his helmet or his release. Keep in mind, he was not demanding a release, just that if you are not going to use me then let me go where I can be of use. Thompson refused.

So, here we are today. Favre can force Thompson's hand by petitioning the Commissioner for reinstatement, a formality, and show up at training camp. Talk about a bold move!

I would not put it past Favre to do exactly that, force the Packers to put him on the roster or trade him.

Either way, the public relations disaster on this is immeasurable for the team and Thompson is walking around with egg on his face. A complete miscalculation that has come back home to roost on Thompson's shoulder......now the fun begins!